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31 Dream Street
Jewell, Lisa
Leah and Toby have lived across the street from one another for years without meeting ...and Leah has been itching to peek behind the front door of Toby's eccentric house, always packed to the rafters with weird and wonderful tenants. When fate finally lets her in, Leah finds that Toby needs her as much as she is surprised to realize she might need him. Sometimes life needs a helping hand and with a sprinkle of romance and their own special magic, Toby and Leah's dreams show the glimmer of a chance of coming true. 31 Dream Street is a wonderfully warm and insightful novel that will capture the imagination and soothe the soul. 20x13cm, 461 pages.
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Northern Lights - Filmed as The Golden Compass
Pullman, Philip
There are worlds beyond our own - the Compass will show the way... The first novel in Philip Pullman's epic His Dark Materials trilogy is now the stunning motion picture - The Golden Compass , made by New Line Cinema and Scholastic Media. When Lyra is given the strange and secret alethiometer, she begins an extraordinary journey that will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. The destiny that awaits her will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world... 20x13cm, 397 pages.
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Playing with the Grown-ups
Dahl, Sophie
The first full-length novel from the international supermodel and granddaughter of Roald Dahl.
Kitty’s mother, Marina, is both utterly beguiling and terrifyingly embarrassing, and more often than not Kitty can only gaze on her antics with awe and toe-curling trepidation. But as Kitty grows up it becomes clear that perhaps Marina isn’t the most exemplary of parents, and that sometimes a girl might have to put herself first. Sophie Dahl writes with a keen eye, a warm heart and wonderful lyricism about a coming-of-age that’s quite unlike any other. 20x13cm, 299 pages.
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Invisible
Auster, Paul
New York City, Spring 1967: Twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University, meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Falling into a passionate affair with Margot, Walker soon finds himself caught in a perverse triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life.
Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Invisible is told by three different narrators as it travels in time from 1967 to 2007 and moves from New York to Paris and to a remote Caribbean island, in a story of unbridled sexual hunger and a relentless quest for justice.
With uncompromising insight, Auster takes us to the shadowy borderland between truth and memory, authorship and identity, to produce a work of unforgettable power that confirms his reputation as one of America's most spectacularly inventive writers. 24x16cm, 304 pages.
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One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night
Brookmyre, Christopher
Gavin is creating a unique 'holiday experience', every facility any tourist who hates abroad will ever want, will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig. To test the facilities he's hosting a reunion for his old school (none of his ex-classmates can remember him, but what the heck, it's free). He is so busy showing off that he doesn't notice that another group have invited themselves along -- a collection of terrorist mercenaries who are occasionally of more danger to themselves than to the public. And they in turn are unaware that Inspector Mac Gregor has got wind of their activities. Within twenty-four hours Gavin's dream has blown to the four winds, along with a lot of other things. Fast, rabidly funny, and seriously over the top.
20x13cm, 373 pages.
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Teacher Man
McCourt, Frank
Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.
Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments (he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God"), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!).
McCourt struggles to find his way in the classroom and spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. McCourt's rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. "Doggedness," he says, is "not as glamorous as ambition or talent or intellect or charm, but still the one thing that got me through the days and nights."
For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure. 23x15cm, 257 pages.
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Everyman
Roth, Philip
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastorale (and also the winner of two National Book Awards and two National Book Critics Circle Awards, amid a long roster of major awards), Philip Roth earned his third PEN/Faulkner Award for this novel inspired by the 15th-century allegory Everyman. The fate of Roth's everyman is traced from his first shocking confrontation with death on the idyllic beaches of his childhood, through the family trials and professional achievements of his vigorous adulthood, and into his old age, as he observes the deterioration of his contemporaries and is stalked by his own physical woes, hoping to somehow escape his own mortality. 20x13cm, 182 pages.
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Small Island
Levy, Andrea
It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh?s neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn?t know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It?s desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert?s wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. ----- ?A terrific book? Alan Plater; ?Wonderful...seamless...a magnificent achievement? Linda Grant; ?A cracking good read...I think what appealed to me most was the passion and anger in the writing all the way through, yet it was always leavened with a particularly wry sort of humour ? the sort that, tho? you find yourself smiling, you at the same time realise you almost shouldn?t be? Margaret Forster; ?I enjoyed SMALL ISLAND enormously and wish it every success. It conjures up so vividly the era of the 1940?s and expresses so vividly through the lives of its four protagonists the conflicts and racist attitudes that existed at that time. A wonderful insight into a little understood period? Joan Bakewell; ?It is a work of great imaginative power? Linton Kwesi Johnson. ------ Andrea Levy was born in England to Jamaican parents. Her radio appearances, and readings at literary festivals, bookshops and libraries have helped her to build an enthusiastic following. Andrea is the winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction. 20x13 cm, 533 pages.
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The Namesake
Lahiri, Jhumpa
'When her grandmother learned of Ashima's pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family's first sahib. And so Ashima and Ashoke have agreed to put off the decision of what to name the baby until a letter comes…'
For now, the label on his hospital cot reads simply BABY BOY GANGULI. But as time passes and still no letter arrives from India, American bureaucracy takes over and demands that 'baby boy Ganguli' be given a name. In a panic, his father decides to nickname him 'Gogol' – after his favourite writer.
Brought up as an Indian in suburban America, Gogol Ganguli soon finds himself itching to cast off his awkward name, just as he longs to leave behind the inherited values of his Bengali parents. And so he sets off on his own path through life, a path strewn with conflicting loyalties, love and loss…
Spanning three decades and crossing continents, Jhumpa Lahiri's much-anticipated first novel is a triumph of humane story-telling. Elegant, subtle and moving, The Namesake is for everyone who loved the clarity, sympathy and grace of Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize-winning debut story collection, Interpreter of Maladies. ‘Extraordinary…a book that spins gold out of the straw of ordinary lives. The calm, pellucid grace of her prose, the sustained stretch of crystal clear writing, its elegant pianissimo tone, pulls the reader from beginning to end in one neat arc. Every detail, every observation, every sentence rings with the clarity of truth. The Namesake is a novel that makes its reader feel privileged to be allowed access to its immensely empathetic world.' The Times. 'Impeccably written' Daily Mail.
'Gracious….in refined, empathetic prose…each of Lahiri's characters patches together their own identity, making this resonant fable neither uniquely Asian nor uniquely American, but tenderly, wryly human.' Hephzibah Anderson, The Observer.
‘This is certainly a novel that explores the concepts of cultural identity, of rootlessness, of tradition and familial expectation…but …it never succumbs to the cliches those themes so often entail. Instead, Lahiri turns it into something both larger and simpler: the story of a man and his family, of his life and hopes, loves and sorrows. She has a talent – magical, sly, cumulative – that most writers would kill for.’ Julie Myerson, The Guardian.
‘Jhumpa Lahiri’s excellent first novel… is the work of a fine writer, discriminating, compassionate and surprising. It is, too, a story for our times.’ Rachel Cusk, Evening Standard.
‘A joy to read.’ Sunday Telegraph. 20x13cm, 291 pages.
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Life of Pi
Martel, Yann
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy.The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years. Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God.20x13cm,324 pages.
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The Tortilla Curtain
Boyle, T. C.
When Delaney Mossbacher knocks down a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes his victim to hospital. Instead the man accepts $20 and limps back to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife, leaving Delaney to return to his privileged life in California. But these two men are fated against each other, as Delaney attempts to clear the land of the illegal immigrants who he thinks are turning his state park into a ghetto, and a boiling pot of racism and prejudice threatens to spill over.
‘This novel examines America’s guerrilla war between the haves and have-nots with a zing unequalled since The Bonfire of the Vanities’ Observer. 18x11 cm, 368 pages
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The Wines of Austria
Blom, Philipp
A recent and renewed interest in Austrian wines has seen them beginning to appear on the lists of serious wine merchants. This book looks at the history of Austrian wines from early Austrian wine culture to the recent explosion of experimentation, investment and innovation. The reader is introduced to the main wine-growing areas, their landscape and the wines they produce. For each region the author lists the top growers, whose wines are representative of the best in Austria. He explores these estates and their wine-makers in fascinating detail and includes some of his own wine recommendations.
"The bandwagon to jump aboard for fine white wines ... is undoubtedly that labelled Austria. This is where connoisseurs can find elegance, fruit and complexity." Jancis Robinson, Financial Times.Philipp Blom was first introduced to Austrian wines in the early nineties whilst studying in Vienna, and since then they have become something close to an obsession for him. In this book he presents a persuasive case for these stunning wines, already discovered by collectors in the USA and soon to be asserting themselves on the international stage. As far as Philipp Blom is concerned, Austrian wines are the wine world's best-kept secret. Contents:
AUSTRIAN WINE PAST AND PRESENT:
Culture and History --- From the Celts to the Romans, Migrations and monks, Sweet wines and bitter wars,Connoisseurs and scholars, The glorious revolution of 1985, The face of Austrian wine culture today.
What Makes an Austrian Wine?--- Regional styles in brief , Legal framework. Grape Varieties --- White grapes,Red grapes.
AUSTRIAN WINE-GROWING AREAS AND GROWERS:
Burgenland --- Area profile Neusiedlersee, Top growers by the Neusiedlersee, Neusiedlersee-Hügelland,Top growers in Neusiedlersee- Hügelland, Middle Burgenland,Top growers in Middle Burgenland,South Burgenland, Top growers in South Burgenland. Weinviertel --- Area profile, Top growers. Thermenregion --- Area profile, Top growers. Carnuntum --- Area profile, Top growers. Donauland --- Area profile, Top growers. Traisental --- Area profile, Top growers. Styria --- Area profile. South Styria, Top growers in South Styria.
South-East Styria --- Top growers in South-East Styria. West Styria --- Top growers in West Styria. Vienna --- Area profile, Top growers.
Wachau --- Area profile, Top growers. Kamptal ---Area profile, Top growers. Kremstal --- Area profile, Top growers.
MAPS: WINE-GROWING AREAS OF AUSTRIA:
Neusiedlersee and Neusiedlersee Hügelland, Middle and South Burgenland, Weinviertel,
Thermenregion and Carnuntum, Traisental and Donauland, South Styria, West and East Styria,
Vienna, Wachau, Kamptal, Kremstal. 22x14cm, illustrated, 222 pages.
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Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life
Bellos, Alex
Futebol is an irresistible blend of history, anecdote and legend told with great humour and verve by the Guardian's man in Rio. This title shows how Brazil changed football and how football shaped Brazil. The author tells the stories behind the great players, teams, and matches, and the startling range of football spinoffs, such as Ecoball, played in the rainforest and the truly alarming Footbull (yes with bulls). ‘A thrilling picture of Brazilian society and its football which neatly combines reportage with sporting analysis’ —Robert McCrum, Observer.
‘In this magnificent book, Bellos has managed to perfectly capture the chaos and corruption, and the romance and obsession and the feeling of what it's like to live in a genuinely football-obsessed nation ... it's the human stories of dedication to the sport which remain long after you've put the book down ... Bellos has gone that extra mile’ —Four Four Two.
‘A captivating page-turner ... it brims with beguiling discoveries’ —Daily Telegraph.
‘An affectionate and shrewd account of the game. The book is full of intriguing sidelights on Brazilian popular culture; its hedonism, piety and wondrous absurdity’ —Guardian.
‘Bellos's descriptions of the sport's rise are deft, but what really makes his book excellent are the chapters of reportage about its current hold on popular imagination’ —Financial Times.
‘Fascinating ... superb’ —Times Literary Supplement.
‘As beguiling , as surprising and as many-faceted as Brazilian football itself’ —Richard Williams.
‘Bellos never gets moony about the game and discourages watercoloured memories of the way things were. His 'contemporary portrait' of the country is based on interviews with priests, politicians, transvestites and Indian tribes. Although there were occasional brushes with celebrity in the course of his travels, he is aware that a football remains out of many Brazilians' financial reach: an appendix includes helpful instructions on how to make your own ball from a rubber tree’ —Daily Telegraph. 20x13 cm, illustrated, 420 pages.
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My Ear at His Heart
Kureishi, Hanif
Hanif Kureishi offers a remarkable insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past. The wellspring of the memoir is Kureishi's discovery of an abandoned manuscript that recounts his father's childhood in Bombay as the world turns upside down and India splits in two along religious lines: thus a family that had lived in India for generations now had to accept a Pakistani identity. And so begins a journey which takes Kureishi through his father's privileged childhood by the sea in Bombay to his adult life hidden away in the suburbs of Bromley - his days spent as a minor functionary in the Pakistan embassy in London, his nights writing prose, hopeful of one day receiving literary recognition... 22x14cm, illustrated, 198 pages.
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Watching the English
Fox, Kate
How does THE NAKED APE behave when he's dressed? The quirks and habits of the English laid bare.
18x11cm, 424 pages.
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Dreams From My Father
Obama, Barack
The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided inheritance. Written at the age of thirty-three, Dreams from my Father is an unforgettable read. it illuminates not only Obama's journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history, and what makes us the people we are. 18x11cm, 442 pages.
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Guantanamo
Rose, David
Camp Delta at Guantánamo Bay is the most controversial prison in the world.
The 600 detainees in Cuba have been held in a legal black hole. Are they 'the hardest of the hard-core' Al Qaeda terrorists, ruthless men 'involved in a plot to kill thousands of ordinary Americans', as the Bush administration has maintained? And has their continued imprisonment really been a necessary weapon in the war against terror, preventing further murders and providing an invaluable trove of intelligence?
In pursuit of the answers, David Rose has visited the camp and interviewed guards, officials and medical staff, as well as the prison commander. In a detailed investigation of the claims of the British detainees released early in 2004, he describes a suffocating atmosphere of isolation, harrassment, Kafkaesque accusation and physical brutality. Through this series of compelling and disturbing insights into the operations at Guantánamo - and set in the context of centuries of civilized thought about the treatment of prisoners - we come to understand that the first thing to go in the War on Terror will be human rights. 20x13cm, 168 pages.
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Thinking Critically: World Issues for Reading, Writing, and Research
Shulman, Myra
Thinking Critically helps students improve English skills while exploring major issues in the world through news articles.
Topics range from the conflict between India and Pakistan, the use of palm pilots, the AIDS crisis, and gender equality, to research into the benefits of sleep.
Each chapter contains two to three articles, a vocabulary review, discussion questions, research and writing activities, debates/role plays, exercises designed to provoke critical thinking, and a list of suggested websites and books to enhance student understanding.
Students will improve their skills in:
Reading and discussing authentic news articles.
Conducting research on the Internet.
Writing academic papers.
Debating issues.
Making oral presentations.
Analyzing and writing about complex issues.
25x18cm, 248 pages.
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Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices
Hall, Stuart
This broad-ranging text offers a comprehensive treatment of how visual images, language and discourse work as 'systems of representation'. Individual chapters explain a variety of approaches to representation, bringing to bear concepts from semiotic, discursive, psychoanalytic, anthropological, sociological, feminist, art-historical and Foucauldian models of representation. They explore representation as a signifying practice in a rich diversity of social contexts and institutional sites: the use of photography in the construction of national identity and culture; the poetics and politics of exhibiting other cultures in ethnographic museums; fantasies of 'the racialized Other' in popular media, film and image; the construction of masculine identities in discourses of consumer culture and advertising; the gendering of narratives in television soap operas. The book discusses contested and critical questions of meaning, truth, knowledge and power in representation, and the relations between representation, pleasure and fantasy. Combining illustrative examples with activities and selected readings, accessible but not simplified, it offers a unique resource for teachers and students in cultural studies and related fields as an introduction to this complex and central theme. 25x19 cm, illustrated, 400 pages.
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
Godwin, Peter
Peter Godwin, an award-winning writer, is on assignment in Zululand when he is summoned by his mother to Zimbabwe, his birthplace. His father is seriously ill; she fears he is dying. Godwin finds his country, once a post-colonial success story, descending into a vortex of violence and racial hatred. His father recovers, but over the next few years Godwin travels regularly between his family life in Manhattan and the increasing chaos of Zimbabwe, with its rampant inflation and land seizures making famine a very real prospect. It is against this backdrop that Godwin discovers a fifty-year-old family secret, one which changes everything he thought he knew about his father, and his own place in the world. Peter Godwin's book combines vivid reportage, moving personal stories and revealing memoir, and traces his family's quest to belong in hostile lands a quest that spans three continents and half a century. "Heartbreaking ...Godwin plainly loves Africa, and he captures the baffling wayward contradictions of its people, their cruelties and unexpected kindnesses, their nobility of spirit in the face of appalling conditions, with humour and grace" - "Daily Mail". "A wonderful book ...beautifully written, packed with insight and free of rancour" - "Literary Review". 20x13cm, illustrated, 342 pages.
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sedaris, David
Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious new pieces, including 'Me Talk Pretty One Day', about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that 'every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section'. His family is another inspiration. 'You Can't Kill the Rooster' is a portrait of his brother, who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers of food and cashiers with six-inch fingernails. 20x13cm, 272 pages.
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Infidel
Ali, Ayaan Hirsi
In this profoundly affecting memoir, the internationally renowned political superstar and intrepid activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia to her intellectual awakening in the Netherlands, to her life under armed guard in the West. Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the 2004 murder by an Islamist of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who was left in an Amsterdam street with a letter pinned to his chest that promised that Hirsi Ali, the screenwriter on Van Gogh's film Submission, would be killed next. Eagerly awaited, Infidel shows the coming of age of this elegant, distinguished — and sometimes reviled — champion of free speech, and gives the absorbing back story to how she developed her beliefs, iron will, and her extraordinary determination to fight injustice done in the name of religion and change the world for the better. Raised in a strict Muslim family and extended clan, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female circumcision, brutal beatings, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four countries under dictatorships. She escaped from a forced marriage and in 1992 sought asylum in the Netherlands, where she fought for the rights of Muslim women and the reform of Islam, earning her the enmity of reactionary Islamists and craven politicians. Under constant threat, she refuses to be silenced. Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright, curious, dutiful little girl evolves into a pioneering freedom fighter, a woman who has put her life on the line to work for women's rights and an enlightened Islam and as a result has won numerous humanitarian awards.
20x13cm, , illustrated, 353 pages.
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American Life: A Social History
Macmillan
Social history can be described as a chronicle of the fabric of ordinary existence - sometimes minute and subtle, occasionally rapid and momentous. American Life features articles about family, home, everyday life, popular thought, and recreation. Table of Contents:
ADOLESCENCE: Chesapeake Migrants - Young Women in Slavery - Adolescent Morality
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC: A Variety of Instruments - African American Secular Music - Gospel Performance -
James Brown and Aretha Franklin.
AMUSEMENT AND THEME PARKS: The Roller Coaster and Carousel.
CHILDHOOD AND CHILDREN: Native American Children - Nineteenth Century Schools - John B. Watson.
THE CITY: The Public Health Movement - City Government - Chart: Population of Leading U.S. Cities .
CLOTHING AND PERSONAL ADORNMENT: Eighteenth Century Hairstyles - Female Attractiveness in the Nineteenth Century -
The Cultivation of Beauty.
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE: The Sun Building - The 1893 Columbian Exposition - The Evolution of the Shopping Mall.
COMMUNICATIONS
AND INFORMATION PROCESSING.
CONCERT MUSIC: Early Twentieth Century Concert music - The Birth of "Bebop".
COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC: Minnie Pearl - Nashville.
COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, SEPERATION, AND DIVORCE: Bundling - The "New" Morality - "No-Fault" divorce.
DEATH: Death of Children - The Mortality Gap - Funeral Practices in the Twentieth Century.
FILM: Nickelodeons - The Birth of a Nation - The Depression - Inquisition and Blacklist.
FOLK SONG AND FOLK MUSIC: Broadsides - Governmental Institutions and Folk Song Study.
FOODWAYS: Thomas Jefferson - Food Reformers - Scientific Housekeeping.
FRATERNAL ORGANISATIONS: Fraternalism as Entertainment.
THE FRONTIER: The First Americans - Whiskey Rebellion.
HEALTH CARE: Public Medical lnstitutions in the Nineteenth Century.
HOUSING: "Hall Parlor" Houses - Climate and Housing Design - The First Suburbs.
HUMOR AND COMEDY: Joel Chandler Harris - H. L. Mencken.
JOURNALISM: Broadsides and Magazines - The Ethnic Press - The Rural Press - Censorship of the Press.
LANDSCAPES: The Forest Primeval.
MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE: Rank and Status in the New World - The Laws of Etiquette - Women in the Workplace.
NATIONAL PARKS AND PRESERVATION: Ecological Perspectives.
NIGHTLIFE: Dance Halls, Cabarets, and Nightclubs.
OLD AGE: Improvements in Longevity - Old Age and the Law.
PARADES, HOLIDAYS, AND PUBLIC RITUALS: Mother's Day and Other Holidays - "Harlem Is Also a Paradise Ground".
THE PLANTATION: "King Cotton".
POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT BEFORE CIVIL WAR: Puritan Entertainments in the Eighteenth Century - Entertainments in Rural
Communities.
POPULAR LITERATURE: The Age of Cheap Fiction - Popular Trash - The Paperback Revolution.
POPULAR MUSIC BEFORE 1950: A Joyful Noise vs. an "Odd Noise".
PRINT AND PUBLISHING: Literacy in the Colonies - The Cause of "Useful Knowledge" - African -American Literacy -
Ethnic Publishing in the Nineteenth Century - "The Best Reading".
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE: County Courthouse.
RADIO: The Distance Fiend - The Voice of America - Radio and Rock 'n' Roll.
ROCK MUSIC: Rock and Roll - The Mirror of Society - Punk Rock - Contemporary Rock and the
African American Express.
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND MORALITY: Sex and Reproduction - Native American Sexual Customs -
Free Love - Pornography and Prostitution - The Fight for Reproductive Freedom - The Stonewall Riot.
SPORTS THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Morton vs. Bradford - The Birth of Baseball -
The 'Y' Movement.
SPORTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Modern Sports - Collegiate and Professional Football.
THE SUBURBS: The Birth of the Suburb - Origins of Suburban Government - A Postsuburban Era?
TELEVISION: Sponsors - Television and Politics - Television News in the 1960s.
THEATER AND MUSICAL THEATER: Pamphlet Plays - John Howard Payne - The Shuberts, Belasco, and the Fiskes -
The Living Newspaper.
TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY: The Way West.
TRAVEL AND VACATIONS: Summer Camps - National Tourism - International Tourism.
URBAN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: Literature and Enlightement - History and Science - Art in the Twentieth Century.
URBAN PARKS: The People's Park.
VILLAGE AND TOWN: The Pioneer Village - The Facade of the Small Town.
WOMAN'S ORGANIZATIONS: The Women's Christian Temperance Union. 29x23 cm, illustrated, 642 pages.
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A Practical English Grammar
Thomson, A. J., Martinet, A.V.
A classic intermediate grammar for foreign learners. This new edition has been revised and updated and is now even more informative and easier to use. 22x14cm, 383 pages.
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PONS Großwörterbuch Englisch: Englisch-Deutsch / Deutsch-Englisch & CD-ROM
Pons
Das umfassende Nachschlagewerk mit CD-ROM und Extraheft
Jetzt neu: Zusätzliche CD-ROM mit dem kompletten Wörterbuchinhalt zum mobilen Nachschlagen für PC, PDA und Smartphone
Neubearbeitung 2008: Aktueller, umfassender Wortschatz mit rund 390.000 Stichwörtern und Wendungen und mehr als 540.000 Übersetzungen
Fachwortschatz aus Wirtschaft, Informatik, Recht und Naturwissenschaften
Berücksichtigung aller Stilschichten von umgangssprachlich bis literarisch
Eingehende Berücksichtigung des britischen und amerikanischen Sprachgebrauchs sowie der regionalen Sprachvarianten aus Österreich und der Schweiz
Ausführliche Kontextbeispiele und Informationen zum Sprachgebrauch
Besonders übersichtliche Gestaltung umfangreicher Einträge
Nützliche Extras: Ausführliche Grammatiktafeln, farbige Landkarten
Mit Extraheft Englisch Aktiv: Musterbriefe für die Geschäfts- und Privatkorrespondenz
Systemvoraussetzungen: CD-ROM: Zur Installation Internetverbindung erforderlich.
Auf dem PC: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
Unterstützte PDA- und Smartphone-Geräte:- alle Geräte mit Windows Mobile: Pocket PC 2000/2002/WM 2003/WM 2005/WM 2006; MS Smartphone- alle Geräte mit PalmOS: PalmOS Version 4.0 und höher- Geräte mit Symbian OS: Series60, UIQ, Series80, Series90
Wichtig: Zur Nutzung auf einem PDA- oder Smartphone-Gerät ist eine Synchronisationssoftware zwischen mobilem Gerät und PC (wie ActiveSync, Windows Vista Mobile Device Center, Palm Desktop, PC Suite etc.) erforderlich, die von Ihrem PC-Betriebssystem unterstützt wird. 28x22cm, 1144 Seiten & CD-ROM.
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Academic Vocabulary in Use - with answers
McCarthy Michael, O'Dell Felicity
50 units of academic vocabulary reference and practice. Self-study and classroom use. Academic Vocabulary in Use is the perfect study aid for anyone using English for their academic work. Ideal for students of any discipline, from engineers or social scientists to business students or lawyers, it covers all the key vocabulary they will come across in academic textbooks, articles, lectures and seminars, allowing them to function confidently in an English-speaking academic environment. The book is designed for students at good intermediate level and above as well as those preparing for IELTS and other university entrance examinations. 26x20cm, 176 pages.
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Vocabulary Activities (Elementary) - Photocopiable Timesavers
Finnie,Sue - Bourdais, Janièle
Photocopiable Timesavers ist eine Reihe mit einfach handhabbaren, in der Praxis erprobten Arbeitsblättern zum Kopieren für die Sekundarstufe 1. Hintergrundinformationen und Lösungen sowie eine Inhaltsübersicht, in der die Arbeitsblätter nach Schwierigkeitsgraden und sprachlichen Schwerpunkten geordnet sind, lassen die Aktivitäten sicher gelingen!
Vocabulary Activities bieten Spiel und Spaß zum Vokabeltraining. Die wichtigsten Bereiche wie Person, Day to Day, The World around us, Having fun oder Holidays and special days werden abgedeckt und die Vokabel in spielerischer Form näher gebracht. Spiralgebunden, 96 Seiten.
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Cross-curricular English Activities - Photocopiable Timesavers
Birdsall, Melanie
Photocopiable Timesavers ist eine Reihe mit einfach handhabbaren, in der Praxis erprobten Arbeitsblättern zum Kopieren für die Sekundarstufe 1. Hintergrundinformationen und Lösungen sowie eine Inhaltsübersicht, in der die Arbeitsblätter nach Schwierigkeitsgraden und sprachlichen Schwerpunkten geordnet sind, lassen die Aktivitäten sicher gelingen!
Cross-Curricular English Activities rundet das Angebot aus dieser Reihe mit attraktiven Aufgabenstellungen aus den Bereichen Mathematik, Naturwissenschaften, Geschichte und Geographie ab. Spiralgebunden, 96 Seiten.
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Practical English Usage
Swan, Michael
Thoroughly revised following extensive research with current users of the book.
New features make it easier for users to find their way around the book.
All the most popular entries are retained, but almost all the entries have been modified to make them clearer and more effective in solving readers' problems.
Explanations and examples now based on current corpus research.
New entries on 'Kinds of English', covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change.
The world's most trusted guide to problems in English - now in a new edition. 23x16cm, 653 pages.
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Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
Siefring, Judith
The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of idioms available. It covers both long-established idioms and phrases, and recent arrivals. It tells us, for example, that 'run amok' was first introduced into English in the 16th century from the Malay word amuk meaning 'in a homicidal frenzy', while 'off the cuff' refers to the rather messy practice, common in the days of starched shirt cuffs, of writing last-minute notes on one's shirt cuff before speaking in public. More recent coinages include 'jump the shark' (referring to a film or TV show that has had events added to it merely for novelty rather than for quality) and 'give someone the hairy eyeball' (staring angrily at someone through partially closed eyes). These and many more idioms are defined, explained, and put into context. The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is based on the resources of Oxford's unique language research programme; each entry has been meticulously researched by the Oxford Dictionary department, with many new findings being incorporated for the new edition. Several hundred new idioms have been added together with many new examples of use; in addition the text has been redesigned, presenting idioms alphabetically by key word and including special new origin and background notes. Lastly, a new thematic index groups together idioms and phrases which have a common theme, such as jealousy and envy, strength, age, and death. The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms is an essential reference tool for students and teachers of English, both at university level and for English as a second language, as well as for anyone interested in the more colourful side of the English language and its history. 20x13cm, 340 pages.
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The Ghosts of Izieu (Book & Audiocassette)
Watson, James
This pack contains the book and one cassette.
Book & Audiocassette in Easy English: Pre-Intermediate Level (1200 words). The Audiocassette includes the complete text as printed in the book, excluding the Activities pages.
The Ghosts of Izieu is a classic ghost story set in modern France.
Elise is a young English girl on holiday in France, with her father and stepmother. Elise resents her father's new wife and is bored in the hot, dusty French village. Her father is keen for her to share his interest, in local history She, however, is reluctant, until she becomes a part of it herself. She begins to see the ghosts of children who seem to be from another time. She meets the mysterious Stefan who appears strangely afraid of something in the town.
When she seeks refuge from the summer heat in the cold village church, she is hurled back in time and meets a group of Jewish refugee children, who are in hiding from the Gestapo. The children call her 'Eloise'. She realises that she must leave the children in order to return to her own time and regain her own identity. The village's war memorial reveals to her, upon her return, the horrible fate with which the children met. The experience makes her reassess her relationship with her father and stepmother, and she determines to try harder to make it succeed. She is also able to appreciate fully the importance of remembering those who died in the Holocaust. Background and Themes:
The Ghosts of Izieu combines the two themes of the Holocaust and the supernatural. The ghosts in question are of a group of Jewish children persecuted in the 1940's. At the heart of the story is the moral message that it is important to remember the Holocaust, so that it will not be repeated. The young girl at the centre of the story becomes more aware of this as the plot develops. Her father's stories about the horrors of the deportations and concentration camps seem very abstract until she meets the ghosts and shares their terror. On a broader level the story is a reminder of how intolerance and racism can eventually lead to atrocities, such as the murder of the children in the book. 20x13cm, illustrated in full colour, 42 pages &
Audiocassette.
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Innovations - Advanced (Coursebook with 2 Audio CDs and Workbook)
Dellar,Hugh; Walkley, Andrew
Innovation Advanced. (Coursebook with 2 Audio CDs and Workbook). Coursebook contains 24 stimulating 4-page units, 4 review units, 12 units devoted to different genres of writing (including relevance to the Cambridge Advanced exam), grammar commentary and tapescript.
Audio CDs enhance Coursebook lessons through listening comprehension exercises.
Innovations is a new five-level general English course for classes looking for new material with a fresh approach. Based on a language-rich, lexical/grammatical syllabus, it starts from the kinds of natural conversations that learners want to have.
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Phrasal Verbs & Idioms (Elementary - Advanced) - Photocopiable Timesavers
Scholastic
Photocopiable Timesavers ist eine Reihe mit einfach handhabbaren, in der Praxis erprobten Arbeitsblättern zum Kopieren für die Sekundarstufe 1. Hintergrundinformationen und Lösungen sowie eine Inhaltsübersicht, in der die Arbeitsblätter nach Schwierigkeitsgraden und sprachlichen Schwerpunkten geordnet sind, lassen die Aktivitäten sicher gelingen!
Phrasal Verbs & Idioms (Pre-intermediate - Advanced)
Was wäre Englisch ohne Phrasal Verbs und Idioms? So lernen Ihre Schüler/innen spielerisch den Unterschied zwischen "take away", "take off" und "take after" und werden nie wieder glauben, dass "to lend someone a hand" "jemandem eine Hand borgen" bedeutet. Spiralgebunden, 80 Seiten.
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Plays - Photocopiable Timesavers
Myles, Jane
Timesaver Plays: Ready-made drama scenes and activities for the classroom is a collection of 12 short photocopiable plays for intermediate level secondary students. The plays present situations and problems which are relevant to young people including themes of friendship, school and love.
Each play ends in a moral dilemma. Students have to discuss and choose from three different possible endings, or invent their own. There are also comprehension exercises and follow-up language actitivities.
Teacher's notes suggest ways to develop the drama potential of the plays in the classroom.Spiralbound, 80 pages.
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Read and react (Beginner - Intermediate) - Photocopiable Timesavers
Myles Jane
Photocopiable Timesavers ist eine Reihe mit einfach handhabbaren, in der Praxis erprobten Arbeitsblättern zum Kopieren für die Sekundarstufe 1. Hintergrundinformationen und Lösungen sowie eine Inhaltsübersicht, in der die Arbeitsblätter nach Schwierigkeitsgraden und sprachlichen Schwerpunkten geordnet sind, lassen die Aktivitäten sicher gelingen!
Read and react (Beginner - Intermediate)
Der Nachfolgeband der Timesaver Reading Lessons enthält stimulierende, aktuelle Texte, die sich speziell an 10- bis 14-Jährige richten. Eine Fülle an Themen wird behandelt, von Celebrities über Technology zu Animals und Sport. Enthält eine Reihe verschiedener Textsorten. Spiralgebunden, 80 Seiten.
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Holidays and Special Days in the USA - Photocopiable Timesavers
Myles, Jane
Photocopiable Timesavers ist eine Reihe mit einfach handhabbaren, in der Praxis erprobten Arbeitsblättern zum Kopieren für die Sekundarstufe 1. Hintergrundinformationen und Lösungen sowie eine Inhaltsübersicht, in der die Arbeitsblätter nach Schwierigkeitsgraden und sprachlichen Schwerpunkten geordnet sind, lassen die Aktivitäten sicher gelingen!
Der Band Holidays and Special Days in the USA beinhaltet alle wichtigen Feiertage und Festlichkeiten in den USA. Mit Hilfe von ansprechenden Illustrationen werden geschichtliche und kulturelle Besonderheiten erläutert und interessierten Schülerinnen und Schülern näher gebracht: Wer feiert zum Beispiel Trick-or-Treat? Was wird am Thanksgiving Day aufgetischt oder wie lautet das Rezept für den typischen Muttertagskuchen, den Carrot Cake?
Spiralgebunden, 96 Seiten.
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Picture prompts (Elementary - Intermediate) - Photocopiable Timesavers
Berwick, Gwen - Sydney Thorne
Photocopiable Timesavers ist eine Reihe mit einfach handhabbaren, in der Praxis erprobten Arbeitsblättern zum Kopieren für die Sekundarstufe 1. Hintergrundinformationen und Lösungen sowie eine Inhaltsübersicht, in der die Arbeitsblätter nach Schwierigkeitsgraden und sprachlichen Schwerpunkten geordnet sind, lassen die Aktivitäten sicher gelingen!
Picture prompts (Elementary - Intermediate)
Sorgfältig ausgewählte Illustrationen regen fünf verschiedene, leicht einsetzbare Aktivitäten und Übungstypen an: grammar points, stories and situations, opinions and imagination, pair and group work und vocabulary practice. Die optisch ansprechenden Kopiervorlagen behandeln durchwegs Themengebiete, die Teenager wirklich interessieren, wie z. B. Designer clothes, A school for wizards, Formula I u. v. a. m. Spiralgebunden, 96 Seiten.
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Oxford Learner's Thesaurus & CD -ROM (A dictionary of synonyms)
Lea, Diana
A synonyms dictionary written especially for learners. It groups words with similar meanings and explains the differences between them. Over 17,000 synonyms and opposites from written and spoken English.
CD-ROM with access to the complete Thesaurus and over 250 practice exercises.
9-page Thesaurus Trainer to help you make the most of your Thesaurus.
16 Study Pages focusing on topics and exam-style questions.
Illustrated Topic Maps with exercises to help build vocabulary.
A-Z Index and Topic Index make it easy to find any word in the Thesaurus. Use the Oxford Learners' Thesaurus to choose exactly the right word:
Use the 4,000 notes to identify the exact difference between pairs of synonyms.
See which words are used most frequently and choose the most appropriate.
Choose the words that are right for the context: formal/informal, written/spoken, approving/disapproving.
Understand which words go together and use them correctly. 23x16cm, 1015 pages with CD-ROM.
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Kim: Empty Inside (The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager)
Sparks, Beatrice (Editor of "Go Ask Alice")
When Kim can't handle things, she eats. Then she purges. Sometimes she fasts. She knows she isn't as thin as the other girls on her gymnastics team, and she's worried that now, away from home for the first time as a college freshman, she won't be able to live up to expectations - especially her own. Eating is the one thing she can control - or can she? 17x10cm, 165 pages.
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Small Steps
Sachar, Louis
A brilliant companion volume to mega bestseller "HOLES".
Armpit and X-Ray are living in Austin, Texas. It is three years since they left the confines of Camp Green Lake Detention Centre and Armpit is taking small steps to turn his life around. He is working for a landscape gardener because he is good at digging holes, he is going to school and he is enjoying his first proper romance, but is he going to be able to stay out of trouble when there is so much building up against him?
In this brilliantly plotted and exciting novel, Armpit is joined by many vibrant new characters, and is learning what it takes to stay on course, and that doing the right thing is never the wrong choice. 20x14cm, 257 pages.
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Witch Child
Rees, Celia
When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hung for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days - paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she, like her grandmother, is the victim of ignorance and stupidity and once more she finds herself having to make important choices to ensure her survival. With a vividly evoked environment and characters skilfully and patiently drawn this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees, that is utterly engrossing from start to finish. 20x13 cm, 234 pages.
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She Said Yes - The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall
Bernall, Misty
In this bestseller that grabbed national media attention, the mother of a Columbine High School student speaks with honesty as she describes how her once-troubled daughter, Cassie, found God and straightened out her life, and professed her faith before she was killed in the school shooting. Contains a new Introduction by the author and an Afterword by Michael W. Smith.
17x11cm, illustrated, 163 pages.
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Refugee Boy
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Alem's father is Ethiopian but his mother is Eritrean.
When these countries go to war, his parents are seen as traitors by both sides. Arriving in London
as a refugee, Alem wakes up next morning to discover his father has returned to Africa to try and
help end the civil war. Entirely on his own, Alem is sent to a children's home, but when this proves
too tough he is placed with foster parents and starts attending school. He then learns that his mother
has been killed and that he may be expelled from Britain because of problems with his application to
seek asylum. But at least Alem is reunited with his father, over in Britain again. When local people bear
that father and son may be deported they put on a Freedom Dance to raise funds tor their appeal.Things
seem to be going well, but more troubles are on the way. Much of this novel is taken up with the actual
details of what currently happens to people seeking asylum in Britain. Alem's view of Britain as an outsider
is always fascinating and sometimes even comic. The other asylum seekers he meets all have their own,
frequently tragic stories to tell, but althought the book is often unavoidably sad, it is still in many ways a
feel-good story. Alem is the sort of positive character who brings out the best in others as well as in himself.
To read this novel is to become better informed about a controversial topic where there are no easy answers.
20x13 cm, 224 pages.
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Go Ask Alice - Book of Answers
n.a.
What's the best way to minimize a hangover? Is it normal to have sex without experiencing an orgasm? How can you tell if a friend of yours is suffering from an eating disorder? Does smoking pot have long-term consequences? Does Seasonal Affective Disorder really exist? These are the questions people are asking ... and until now, there's been no reliable book that has provided sensible, honest, and comforting answers specifically for this audience. The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers is a groundbreaking guide that mines the best material from the eponymous award-winning Web site. From sex and relationships to alcohol and drugs to fitness and nutrition, this comprehensive handbook is the first of its kind to provide much-needed information for young adults who cannot get reliable or anonymous information from conventional channels. 345 pages
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Finding Katie (The Diary Of Anonymous, A Teenager In Foster Care)
Sparks, Beatrice (Editor of "Go Ask Alice")
Katie is always surrounded by wealth, but feels terribly alone because of the secret horror of her angry, abusive father. When she's thrown out of her house and put into foster care, it seems like the end of the world. But as she moves through the foster care system, she begins to realize that she can help others. Can she, at last, find courage and strength of her own? 17x10cm, 181 pages.
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Bronte's Story: Tears, Trials and Triumphs: A Personal Battle with Anorexia
Cullis, Bronte
"There was a time, at age fifteen, when I didn't think I would be alive to see my eighteenth birthday. I'm now twenty-five and I've defied the odds.
Bronte Cullis was the Melbourne teenager whose battle with anorexia captured the hearts of Australians in a series of stories and documentaries by Ray Martin for the Nine Network.
On television, we watched in awe this girl who refused to eat. Years of tears and family frustrations followed. As Jan, Bronte's mother, said at the time: "Bronte doesn't have anorexia, our whole family has anorexia."
Bronte's parents were desperate. They knew their daughter was about to die unless they did something drastic. They mortgaged the family home, sold what they could and sent Bronte to the Montreux Clinic, an unconventional eating disorder clinic half a world away in Canada. It was Bronte's last chance at survival…
Bronte has kept diaries from the day she became sick with anorexia. This is her story. 20x13 cm, illustrated, 276 pages.
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Gangsta Rap
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Ray has trouble at home and trouble at school. It's the last straw for everyone when Ray and his friends Prem and Tyrone are permanently suspended. But they know what they want, more than most, perhaps. Their headmaster decides to give them a second chance, a chance to live their dream of forming a rap group. Through a specialized social program, the boys are taught the business of the music industry, what it takes to record an album, and how to lay down a track. Within weeks they have become the Positive Negatives, and within a few months they have signed a record deal and are on their way to the top. But their dream soon becomes a nightmare as violence escalates around them. Suddenly, not only their careers but their very lives are at stake. The Positive Negatives are determined to prove that you don't need to be a gangster to be a great rapper. 20x13cm, 332 pages.
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Far From The Madding Crowd
Hardy, Thomas
Book in Easy English - Intermediate - 1650 headwords. Bathsheba Everdene is a beautiful young woman. Three men say they love her but she marries the wrong one. This tragic story takes place in the beautiful countryside of the south of England. One of a series designed as an introduction to literature. It is graded into six levels, and each book contains an introduction and exercises. It is designed for students of English as a foreign or as a second language, and for reluctant readers. 20x13 cm, illustrated, 60 pages.
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Speedy Stories in Just 366 Words
Ian Whybrow, Georgia Byng, Roddy Doyle, Jeremy Strong
This is a unique anthology crammed with fantastic stories, each told in just 366 words, from some of the top authors in children's fiction. That's as many words as there are days in this leap year! In this work, the contributors include Roddy Doyle, Michael Morpurgo, Charlie Higson, Anne Fine, Jeremy Strong, Nina Bawden, Ian Whybrow, Paul Stewart, Michael Bond, and Tom Fletcher from McFly .
20x13cm, 520 pages.
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A Child Called "It"
Pelzer, Dave
The life-enhancing true story of a young boy's struggle to free himself from his abusive mother and find a family to love him.
Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games - games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. She no longer considered Dave a son, but a slave; no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes were torn and smelly, and when he was allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dog's bowl. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him. This book covers the early years of his life and is an affecting an inspirational book of the horrors of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child to survive. 'Dave Pelzer conveys brilliantly how his own determination allowed him to keep alive his dream of one day find a family who would be proud to call him their son. Truly touching, and emotionally shocking. 18x11cm,128 pages.
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Living at the Edge of the World: How I Survived in the Tunnels of Grand Central Station
Bolnick, Jamie Pastor
When Tina S. meets April, a teenage runaway, she thinks she's found her best friend. She leaves behind her dysfunctional family to join April in the tunnels of New York's Grand Central Station amidst the homeless and drug addicted. Soon she's bingeing on crack - just like April - and stealing, scamming, and panhandling to support her habit and to survive on the streets. Tina tells the story of her four years in the strange netherworld of Grand Central Station: her descent into crack addiction, being raped in the tunnels, her several arrests and jail terms, and her grief and guilt over the death of April. Finally faced with the reality that she might not make it through one more day, Tina takes her first difficult steps toward a normal life. 23x15 cm, 283 pages.
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Missing Persons Case 1: The Rose Queen
Rabb, M.E.
First in an exciting new detective series about two sisters who are on the run. Meet Sam and Sophie Shattenberg, two sisters from New York who are trying to create new lives for themselves in a tiny town. They've changed their names, dyed their hair and taken up a new hobby - solving missing persons cases. At the same time they're working hard to make sure that they stay missing themselves - in this case, 16-year-old Noelle McBride is missing, and the Chief of Police seems to think that Sophie might be the culprit! 20x13cm, 208 pages.
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Seashells (Pocket Spotters)
Roland- Enwistle,Theodore
Get out and discover nature!
Great introductions for young naturalists, these guides tell you all you need to know to identify over 150 varieties of animal and plant life.
17x15cm,illustrated in full colour, 80 pages.
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Robin Hood &CD
Neil, Philip
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny, and includes illustrated notes explaining the historical basis of the legend. 26x20cm, illustrated &CD.
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I Can Learn Rhyming Reading (36 Flashcards)
Morgan Nicola
These bright, robust flashcards are great for building literacy and numeracy skills at home, supporting Early Years and National Curriculum Key Stage 1 programmes of study in schools.
With a sheet of stickers and gold stars to build confidence and making learning fun. 13x9cm.
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Spot Goes to School
Hill, Eric
Spot's first day at school with Miss Bear and all his fellow students is great fun, as he gets to make a word, paint a picture, sing a song and play with his new friends. More pop-up fun with the cute little puppy all children love. Bright colours and large print. 20x20cm, 24 pages.
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Winnie the Witch & CD
Thomas, Valerie and Paul, Korky
Winnie lived in her black house with her cat, Wilbur. He was black too. And that is how the trouble began. Everything in Winnies house is black—the carpet, the chairs, the bed and the sheets, the pictures on the walls, and even the bathtub! And of course her cat, Wilbur, is black too—all except for his bright-green eyes. Whenever poor Wilbur closes his eyes and tries to take a catnap, Winnie stumbles right over him. Or accidentally sits on top of him. Until one day, when Winnie gets a brilliant idea. What if Wilbur were a different color? 28x23cm, illustrated, 32 pages& CD.
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Winnie The Witch
Thomas, Valerie and Paul, Korky
Winnie lived in her black house with her cat, Wilbur. He was black too. And that is how the trouble began.
Everything in Winnies house is black—the carpet, the chairs, the bed and the sheets, the pictures on the walls, and even the bathtub! And of course her cat, Wilbur, is black too—all except for his bright-green eyes. Whenever poor Wilbur closes his eyes and tries to take a catnap, Winnie stumbles right over him. Or accidentally sits on top of him. Until one day, when Winnie gets a brilliant idea. What if Wilbur were a different color? 28x23cm, illustrated, 32 pages.
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Tornadoes: And Other Dramatic Weather Systems
Allaby, Michael
Intermediate Level: The power, the mystery, and the fury of tornadoes are explored in this guide that delves into the formation of dangerous storms and wild weather. Full-color illustrations. 20x13 cm, 96 pages.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Whole Story)
Wilde, Oscar
A novel that has fascinated readers for over a century, The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who attains eternal youth while only his portrait grows old, hidden away in a locked room. Despite the young man's disintegration into a life of crime, his face never reflects the moral decay. Instead, the portrait records every deed by turning his once handsome features into a hideous mask.
With Tony Ross's splendid illustrations and extended captions unique to the Whole Story, The Picture of Dorian Gray provides background information that modern readers could otherwise access only through a broad range of supplemental research-from biographical profiles of Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries to depictions of London's art world in the late nineteenth century. This distinctive approach places The Picture of Dorian Gray, first published in 1891, within the context of its era, bringing it vividly to life. THE READER
BECOMES AN EXPLORER-FICTION BECOMES DISCOVERY.
The world's best-loved stories brought to life in the full context of their eras: The Whole Story series, with its unique documentary approach, makes the classics accessible to new generations of readers-as well as to audiences wanting to reread, rediscover, and newly appreciate these enduringly popular stories.
Complete, unabridged text as originally published.
Generously annotated with hundreds of extended captions: lively, succinct explanations of history, geography, popular culture, social customs, the animal world, architecture, literature, and science.
Lavishly illustrated in color and black and white, featuring line drawings, maps, photographs, diagrams, and paintings, many of which date from when the story was written.
24x18cm, illstrated, 270 pages.
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The Ladybird Illustrated Thesaurus
Summers, Della
Ladybird reference books use easy-to-follow information and colourful illustrations to make learning fun. This book teaches children to find alternative words, with some 2000 entries in total. 18x11cm, illustrated in full colour, 190 pages.
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The Gingerbread Man and other stories for 4- to 7-year-olds (Book&CD)
Corbett, Pie
Don’t just read – read aloud! With a treasure-trove of 15 favourite tales, each accompanied by an audio retelling read by a professional storyteller, this book gives children the perfect opportunity to read aloud, listen along, follow text, read together and do all the things they need to build their literacy skills! They’ll meet gingerbread men, monkeys, magicians and more in this captivating collection, which comes with an audio CD. 20x13cm, illustrated, 144 pages.
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Architecture (Annotated Guides)
Stevenson, Neil
Architecture takes a refreshing new approach to understanding significant building styles. Detailed annotations to the spectacular illustrations provide intriguing insights into the worlds most important structures - offering a deeper understanding of historical landmarks in architecture.
The designs of the times
Architecture looks at every important innovation in the development of architecture over the past 3,500 years. Detailed annotations highlight the important features that distinguish 50 celebrated architectural masterpieces from around the world, from the Temple of Amun, Karnak, and the Taj Mahal, to the Empire State Building and the Sydney Opera House.
Clarity and insight
The unique visual approach of Architecture is complemented by authoritative text explaining the essential technical and theoretical knowledge that underpins the construction of all buildings. The book's generous size and superb reproduction allow recurrent architectural themes and influences, and all the important structural features, to be revealed in great detail. Particular areas of interest, such as biographical information on the architect, are prominently featured.
Architecture is an accessible and comprehensive guide that unlocks the secret language of buildings. 36x27 cm !!!, illustrated, 112 pages.
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